
CSFS Announces New Rifle Field Office
The new Rifle Field Office allows the CSFS to address forest health concerns and reduce wildfire risk in priority areas, such as the Roaring Fork Valley, the Colorado River Valley and the White River Watershed.
Serving Delta and Mesa counties
Matt Schiltz – Supervisory Forester
Hallie Flynn – Forester
Kamie Long – Urban & Community Forestry Program Specialist
Dave Hanley – Forest Inventory & Analysis Manager
Dan Ek – Forest Inventory & Analysis Supervisory Forester
Trent Raddatz – Forest Inventory & Analysis Forester
CSU Western Campus
3170 B ½ Road
Grand Junction, CO 81501
970-248-7325
[email protected]
Grand Junction Field Office location
Colorado State University – Extension Service
Tri-River Area Extension
National Park Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service – Colorado
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

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